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June 19, 2007 -
In January of 2007, a Knoxville TN couple out on a date were carjacked, raped, and brutally murdered. The victims were both white. All five suspects arrested in connection with the crime are black. You can read about the horrific crime here.
May 31, 2007 -
As Chris noted here yesterday, former Tennessee Senator and actor Fred Thompson has all but made it official that he is running for president in 2008.
May 24, 2007 -
Last week, the Tennessee General Assembly passed the "Rosa Parks Act", which "expunges public records of persons charged with a misdemeanor or felony while challenging a law designed to maintain racial segregation or discrimination."
June 27, 2006 -
From Tennessee Independent Media: Pending Double-Execution Reveals Inherent Flaws in Tennessee's Death Penalty System by Anna Thompson Nashville: In the past forty-six years, the state of Tennessee has executed only one man. Now, in one day, it plans to execute two. Both Sedley Alley and Paul Dennis Reid are scheduled to die in the early morning of June 28th and both cases reveal critical flaws in Tennessee's broken death penalty system.
May 26, 2006 -
After numerous delays over the past few weeks, it appears the Tennessee House may finally be voting on the minimum wage bill.It was scheduled for a vote yesterday in both the House and the Senate, but was postponed again until today.It now appears that the House is voting on several amendments at this moment, indicating that a vote on the bill could be imminent.More details as they emerge...UPDATE: The minimum wage increase has passed in the Tennessee House of Representatives, 52 to 43. Still waiting for a Senate vote...
May 18, 2006 -
We had an interesting situation play out this week in the Tennessee General Assembly. Gov.
May 11, 2006 -
Good news from Tennessee. The General Assembly passed legislation yesterday to crack down on predatory mortgage lending practices: